CVE-2008-5364 — Stack-based buffer overflow in the getPlus ActiveX control in gp.ocx 1.2.2.50 in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager, as used for the Adobe Reader 8.1 installation process and other downloads, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-4817

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Stack-based buffer overflow in the getPlus ActiveX control in gp.ocx 1.2.2.50 in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager, as used for the Adobe Reader 8.1 installation process and other downloads, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-4817

Published Dec 8, 2008

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.97%

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getPlus ActiveX control in gp.ocx 1.2.2.50 in NOS Microsystems getPlus Download Manager, as used for the Adobe Reader 8.1 installation process and other downloads, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-4817.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.97% 0.03970

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03970

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.97% (0.03970)	90.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.97% (0.03970)	89.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2025	3.18% (0.03176)	86.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Apr 29, 2025	4.25% (0.04252)	88.13th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.68% (0.05678)	89.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.72% (0.02720)	90.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 27, 2023	2.72% (0.02720)	88.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.43% (0.02433)	88.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.31% (0.06309)	90.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	90.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	77.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=754
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32105
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3002
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=754		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-19.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32105		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3002		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 8, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 7, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5364

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5364

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5364